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£100 billion capital spending including infrastructure to drive UK’s recovery and support jobs The UK Government will provide billions of pounds in the fight against coronavirus, deliver on the promises it has made to the British people and invest in the UK’s recovery, the Chancellor has announced. Delivering the Spending...
Contracts can be varied either orally or in writing. However, most contracts will contain a Variation Clause which will specify that any variation will only be valid if it is in writing and signed by the parties. In the case of C&S Associates UK Limited v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc, the High Court had...
English Football League chairman Rick Parry admits that clubs face some logistical hurdles English Football League chairman Rick Parry says the government's decision to allow fans back into grounds is a "lifeline" for lower-league clubs who have struggled to survive during the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 4,000 people can return...
Right from the get-go, Ali Fazal has been smashing it. The multi-talented actor has been showcasing his skills, not only in Bollywood, but in Hollywood too. But the most memorable will always be Guddu in the epic Mirzapur. Now that Amazon Prime Video has given us Mirzapur Season 2, the actor still can’t believe...
Picture: MBA student Sreekanth Balachandran is trying to sell his Bolsover home by raffle, here with wife Surya and daughter Malavika A family in north Derbyshire fed up with struggling to sell their home during the pandemic are raffling it off for just £5 a ticket! The lucky winner...
“It’s a race against time - the BAME community must step forward and help the efforts to find the right cure.” As the race for COVID-19 cure gathers further pace in Bradford and having witnessed the devastating impact of the virus first-hand, a Bradford woman is urging Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) residents across the...
A primary school teacher who launched her first self-illustrated children’s book, focussing around the current pandemic, hopes it will help children understand how we can all unite and defeat the Covid-19 virus. Sukhraj Kaur, a 30 year old graduate from Bradford, lives her day-to-day life working full-time with children in primary education. And like...
A medic who survived the coronavirus is saving lives in more ways than one - this time through the plasma in his blood. Dr Wassim Shamsuddin, a Consultant Anaesthetist at Milton Keynes University Hospital Foundation Trust, has made his tenth donation of convalescent plasma at Oxford donor centre this month after recovering from COVID-19.
(Above) At just five years old, Anais was diagnosed in 2017 with Wilms tumor, a rare cancer of the kidney, which had spread to other parts of her body. Leeds-based children’s cancer charity, Candlelighters, is launching its Bright Sparks Challenge, a new initiative to join forces with local businesses and raise vital funds.
As generations pass, are we likely to move further from the emotional resonance our generation has over the history and memories of our fallen heroes? Those who fought for our freedom and way of life cannot be forgotten, we owe everything we are today to those heroes who died fighting. On the 11th of...
“Personal grooming has hit an all-time-high because during times of uncertainty, more than ever, we need to feel special and good about ourselves.” A female entrepreneur, who started her business in a one bedroom flat, now sits as an industry leader and pioneer in the hair industry. Penelope Cheshire founded...
Solicitor with many hats now has one more - an honorary doctorate ‘I can travel the world but whenever I return to Bradford, I feel relief’, says Ruby Bhatti A solicitor who has dedicated more than half her life to her home city has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the...
As Diwali draws upon us at the end of the week, celebrations for Hindus, Jains and Sikhs up and down the country will be very different from usual. Sadly, this year because of the national restrictions, communal worship in temples and large community celebrations will not be able to go ahead.
Early results from the world's first effective coronavirus vaccine is being seen as a breakthrough in the pandemic battle; trials show it could prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the NHS is ready to start providing the new coronavirus vaccine "as fast as safely possible".
Armistice Day is on 11 November, also known as Remembrance Day, marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918
At least 885,000 Muslims fought with the Allies in World War I, an estimated 400,000 of them with the 1.5 million-strong British Indian Army that served both on the Western Front and in the Middle East. More than 47,000 died and 65,000 were wounded, but very few Britons know of the sacrifices made by...
Manchester Super Stores gets vulnerable families fed in an epic effort with the Bradford Foundation Trust In a magnanimous effort involving 30 volunteers saw 8000 meals provided to families who were struggling to put food on the table. Managing director Bilal Ghafoor Manchester Super Stores decided he wanted to assist,...
Born in Pakistan, and now living in Slough, Hassan began boxing as a 12-year-old with Pinewood Starr ABC. Up until earlier this year, he was competing as an amateur, but now the light-welterweight is signed up professionally with one of the globe’s foremost boxing management company MTK Global. As an amateur...
The fourth annual West Midlands Combined Authority and Indian Consulate, Birmingham Diwali celebration is going online this year. Normally the Diwali the Festival of Lights event is held on Victoria Square in Birmingham city centre, however due to Covid-19, 2020’s celebration is being held virtually via social media. Diwali on the...
Solicitor advocate and director at Switalskis Solicitors, Ranjit Uppal, has been appointed as a District Judge, deployed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to the North Eastern Circuit, based at Doncaster County Court. He becomes the first Sikh lawyer from the town to make this position. Ranjit has enjoyed a long...
Award-winning actor Riz Ahmed and writer/filmmaker Bassam Tariq team up for a mind-blowing collaboration in 'Mogul Mowgli' Emmy award winner and critically-acclaimed actor, writer, creator, producer, musician, director and activist - Riz Ahmed stars next as a British Pakistani rapper who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by...

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